Lie: remarkable animals — Mythoi

Motif

Lie: remarkable animals.

Humor. · Humor of lies and exaggeration · Lies about animals. · Lie: remarkable animals. · view the constellation · filed as X1200

Cited in the index

general Types 1875–1910.

Within the index

7 finer motifs beneath it

Lie: the great animal Lie: animals inherit acquired characteristics or conditions Lie: animal's food affects him in unusual way. (E.g. Pine tops: milk good for cough syrup.) Lie: animals eat one another up Lie: venom of animal (snake, hornet, bee) causes object to swell Lies: animals trained to respond to certain sounds: absurd result Animals already cooked for eating

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